190-02488-01 Rev. B Pilot’s Guide v
Table of Contents
5 HAZARD AWARENESS ..................................................................................................... 5-1
Weather Awareness ............................................................................................................................5-3
Data Transmission Limitations ........................................................................ 5-3
Line of Sight Reception ............................................................................... 5-3
Per FAA TSO-C157b ................................................................................... 5-4
NOTAM 30-Day Limitation ......................................................................... 5-4
FIS-B Weather Display .................................................................................... 5-5
FIS-B Weather Setup ...................................................................................... 5-7
FIS-B Weather Products .................................................................................. 5-8
Product Status ............................................................................................ 5-9
Product Legends ......................................................................................... 5-9
Product Age ............................................................................................. 5-10
FIS-B NEXRAD .......................................................................................... 5-11
METARs and TAFs .................................................................................... 5-13
Graphical AIRMETs ................................................................................... 5-14
SIGMETs .................................................................................................. 5-16
PIREPs ...................................................................................................... 5-16
Cloud Tops .............................................................................................. 5-17
Lightning ................................................................................................. 5-17
Center Weather Advisory ......................................................................... 5-17
Winds/Temps Aloft ................................................................................... 5-18
Icing ....................................................................................................... 5-18
Turbulence ............................................................................................... 5-19
TFRs ....................................................................................................... 5-19
Raw Text Reports ......................................................................................... 5-20
FIS-B Ground Reception Status ..................................................................... 5-22
Traffic Awareness .............................................................................................................................5-23
Traffic Applications ...................................................................................... 5-23
Traffic Application Failures ........................................................................ 5-24
Traffic Display .............................................................................................. 5-25
Traffic Setup ................................................................................................ 5-29
Motion Vectors ........................................................................................ 5-30
Altitude Filtering ....................................................................................... 5-30
Traffic Interactions ....................................................................................... 5-31
Traffic Annunciations ................................................................................... 5-32
Traffic Alerting ............................................................................................. 5-33
Terrain Awareness ............................................................................................................................5-35
Terrain Configurations ................................................................................. 5-35
GPS Altitude for Terrain ............................................................................ 5-36
Database Limitations .................................................................................... 5-37
Terrain Display ............................................................................................. 5-38
Terrain Setup ............................................................................................... 5-39
Terrain Proximity .......................................................................................... 5-40
Terrain Elevation Depictions ...................................................................... 5-40
Obstacle Elevation Depictions ................................................................... 5-41
Terrain Alerting ............................................................................................ 5-43
Alert Types ............................................................................................... 5-43
Alerting Thresholds .................................................................................. 5-44
Inhibiting FLTA & PDA Alerts .................................................................... 5-45
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